Bipolars should be single: The final installment of The Friend Boy Chronicles

Controversial title, huh?  Before you go off on me for suggesting that it is not possible for people suffering from bipolar disorder to maintain healthy relationships, read what I have to say here about myself and then feel free to judge me as you see fit.

Yup, this is gonna be me for a while, only [...]

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Music, identity and Erykah Badu: Haters, please!

#NowPlaying in my iTunes rotation:  the entire Erykah Badu musical oeuvre, Tyrone and all.  Why?  First of all, her new album dropped today and like the good fan that I am, I pre-ordered that shit last week and downloaded it as soon as it was available.  Second, she’s a little strange and unpredictable and undefinable, and [...]

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bipolar HAIKU

Running, all the thoughtsThrough my head.  AnxietyReigns. Then, fatigue.  Done.

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The Friend Boy Chronicles: Waiting in Vain

If I were the main character in a Shakespeare tragedy, my neurotic impatience would be my undoing.  In this tragi-comedy we call life, impatience has nearly killed me already and I’ve barely reached the second act.   For example, last week I made reservations for dinner with 8 friends, all of whom arrived late to the restaurant.  [...]

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The Friend Boy Chronicles: Why relationships are like meals

Mmmm….tasty!

After pondering this Friend Boy mishegas, it occurs to me that I need to go out on a date.

“Well, duh” is your likely response, but I don’t need to go on a date with Friend Boy.  What I need is another, low-pressure, low-commitment date with another man.  And to be clear, by date I mean [...]

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Armchair Therapist: Celebrity Fit Club, Shar Jackson Edition

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One of the benefits of long-term therapy is being able to see yourself very clearly.  Another benefit is seeing others as they are, and I must say that I’m getting really good at spotting the mote in my brother’s eye, so to speak.  But I don’t judge;  I just call it [...]

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Public Service Announcement: Never take love advice. Ever.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know of the Adventures of Friend Boy.  If you’ve never read this blog before, let me sum it up for you so you don’t get confused.  There’s a guy that I like and, as though I’m in seventh grade instead of a 38-year-old woman who should know [...]

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Rockin' the Red Pump for AIDS Awareness. And fashion fierceness.

Ok, so it's not a pump, but these Birkenstocks are the only red shoes I have. You get the idea…

Today, March 10, is National Women and Girls’ HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) and while it’s not my usual cause, I’m gonna talk about it. Here are the facts, directly from the CDC:

In 2007, more than [...]

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Things I just have to say about The #Oscars

I'm in Twitter jail, which is just wrong, but I still have many things to say about the last 5 minutes.  Here they are:

why was John Travolta wearing jeans?  If he wasn't wearing jeans, his pants need to put on a suit
commercial about Jamie Oliver's food revolution makes me want to put town my bowl [...]

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You're nobody til somebody hates on you

Congratulate me; I’ve MADE IT!!!!  I am officially a member of the Blogosphere, the Twitterati, the Social Media Movers and Shakers.  And to what, you may ask, can I attribute my rise to fame?  Twilight fans and hateration.

A few months ago, I wrote an innocuous post about how Black folks don’t like the Twilight movies.  In [...]

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